The teaching is based on the Scripture lessons for Sunday, Trinity 15.
Psalm 145
1 Kings 17:8-16
Galatians 5:25 — 6:10
Matthew 6:19-34
Here’s the quotes I referenced from Martin Luther:
Meaning to the First Article of the Apostle’s Creed, Small Catechism
I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my limbs, my reason, and all my senses, and still preserves them; in addition thereto, clothing and shoes, meat and drink, house and homestead, wife and children, fields, cattle, and all my goods;
that He provides me richly and daily with all that I need to support this body and life, protects me from all danger, and guards me and preserves me from all evil; and all this out of pure, fatherly, divine goodness and mercy, without any merit or worthiness in me; for all which I owe it to Him to thank, praise, serve, and obey Him.
This is most certainly true.
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread (Luther’s Small Catechism)
What does this mean?–Answer.
God gives daily bread, even without our prayer, to all wicked men; but we pray in this petition that He would lead us to know it, and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving.
What is meant by daily bread?–Answer.
Everything that belongs to the support and wants of the body, such as meat, drink, clothing, shoes, house, homestead, field, cattle, money, goods, a pious spouse, pious children, pious servants, pious and faithful magistrates, good government, good weather, peace, health, discipline, honor, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.
Triglot Concordia: Concordia Publishing House, 1921. These texts are in the public domain and may be freely copied
